NBC - WVVA-TV 6 - Bluefield WV, 4 minutes ago / New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Thursday he has recused himself and appointed an independent counsel to probe whether Gov. David Paterson illegally took World Series tickets or had improper contact with a woman who accused an aide of domestic violence.
Portland Press Herald - Portland ME, 5 minutes ago / The plan would require Americans to get insurance, and insurers would be required to accept all who seek coverage.
Yankton Press & Dakotan - Yankton SD, 5 minutes ago / An 18-year-old Mississippi lesbian student whose school district canceled her senior prom rather than allow her to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo said she got some unfriendly looks from classmates when she reluctantly returned to campus Thursday.
Houston Herald - Houston MO, 6 minutes ago / A member of a Denver-area Crips street gang was convicted on Thursday in the 2007 murder of Denver Broncos football player Darrent Williams after an altercation at a local nightclub.
1010 Wins, 18 minutes ago / Another major storm is headed toward New Jersey, but this time forecasters say it will bring lots of rain instead of snow.
NBC - WVVA-TV 6 - Bluefield WV, 4 minutes ago / The community organizing group ACORN has settled a lawsuit by agreeing to give up its Ohio business license and not return under another name.
Oak Park 365 - PioneerLocal.com - Oak Park IL, 7 minutes ago / Oak Park Village Hall hosted the U.S. Census National Road Tour on Tuesday.
Politico, 4 minutes ago / Democrats and Republicans are suddenly in a race to see who can make the bigger move on banning them.
American Laundry News, 3 hours 14 minutes ago / Officials in Arkansas said Thursday that one person was dead and three others were injured after a series of powerful tornadoes ripped through dozens of homes in the central part of the state Wednesday night.
The Daily Breeze - Torrance CA, 20 minutes ago / A 23-year-old woman is in critical condition after being pulled from the murky waters of the Los Angeles River Thursday where witnesses say her vehicle plunged some 40 feet off the northbound Interstate 710 bridge at Seventh Street.
NBC - NBC 5 WMAQ - Chicago IL, 21 minutes ago / Betty Burden, 54, of Mount Prospect, registered a .225 blood alcohol concentration at the police station after failing field sobriety tests, police said.
NBC - WLUC-TV 6 - Negaunee MI, 21 minutes ago / A top democrat in Congress says democrats may be able to pass President Obama's health care reform bill without the help of District one representative Bart Stupak.
WDET 101.9 FM - Detroit MI (Wayne State University), 21 minutes ago / The head of the criminal division of the Wayne County Circuit Court has ruled that there were no secret dealings involving prosecutors…in the probation violation case of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
The Hawk Eye - Burlington IA, 3 hours 44 minutes ago / Reorganization effort intended to reduce state spending by $127 million.
Thief River Falls Times - Thief River Falls MN, 7 minutes ago / The superintendent of the Kansas City, Missouri, school district on Thursday defended a plan to shutter nearly half the district's schools.
ABC - WLS 890 AM - Chicago IL, 5 minutes ago / Aviation officials say bird strikes forced emergency landings by two passenger jets shortly after takeoff on consecutive days at Northeastern airports.
NBC - KVOA News 4 - Tucson AZ [State News], 17 minutes ago / A second former New Orleans officer has pleaded guilty in an alleged conspiracy to cover up a deadly police shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina.
MassLive.com, 7 minutes ago / The University of Alabama in Huntsville has fired the professor accused of shooting six co-workers, killing three.
Security Technology and Design, 12 minutes ago / Threats of school shootings that prompted partial lockdowns at Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul and all Minneapolis public schools today appear to have come from the same source, police said.
New York Post - New York NY, 15 hours 48 minutes ago/ LT. Gov. Dick Ravitch yester day outlined a five-year financial-recovery plan to plug the state's immediate $9 billion budget hole and address its looming $60 billion structural deficit over the next half decade.
Forbes, 9 minutes ago/ As lead vampire Edward in the Twilight films, Robert Pattinson has been at the helm of a series that has so far earned $1 billion at the box office.
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA, 17 minutes ago/ A rally in financial stocks Thursday helped the market extend its grind higher to a third day.
CNN.com, 4 hours 8 minutes ago/ Health care reform takes center stage Thursday as President Obama and top congressional Democrats work behind closed doors to nail down a final agreement.
Chicago Tribune - Chicago IL, 15 hours 24 minutes ago/ Letterman's regular guests Wednesday included singer Jessica Simpson talking about her weight and old boyfriends, as well as daytime TV host Dr. Mehmet Oz and musical act Alkaline Trio.